Just One Show

SapphireSister · #1 04-08-2010, 04:37 PM

I’m inspired to start this thread because I’ve been thinking about time a lot lately and how different my life would have been had I made different choices. That being said, if you could pick any one Stevie/FM show to have attended over the last 35 years what show would it be? It doesn’t necessarily have to be a specific show, it can be a year or tour too. The catch is you would be the same age you are now and have all of the knowledge about Stevie that you’ve gained over the years (as opposed to how old you would have been had you been there for real). I’m going to save my answer for later…

“Time cast a spell on you but you won’t forget me”

Edit: How could I even consider any other show? RED ROCKS 86' BABY! No questions asked.

mikebise · #2 04-08-2010, 04:43 PM

Dallas in December 1981, the second Bella Donna concert.

My first time to see Stevie was Halloween 1982, the last show of the Mirage tour (the final time Stevie's performed "Sisters of The Moon"). And I've seen all the other tours since.

So, I'd want to see "Blue Lamp" and "Think About It" and "Angel" and "Gold and Braid" and "Rhiannon" and ALL THE REST!!!!

StreetAngel95 · #3 04-08-2010, 04:46 PM

without a doubt a RAL show. I just saw the Red Rocks video for the first time, and it was AMAZING! the vocals, stage presence, everything. Beauty and the Beast and HAEWAFY drove me to tears - i was like a little baby.

i guess my second choice would be the TUSK Tour. I mean, by that time they were easily one of the most successful bands EVER and all the screaming I've heard from the Tusk live videos??? ZOMG it was like a Beatles concert! The atmosphere would have been amazing, just the feeling of..."you're seeing Fleetwood Mac......"

i hope this made even a little sense

louielouie2000 · #4 04-08-2010, 04:50 PM

If I had a time machine, and if we're solely talking about Stevie solo shows, I'd go see something from the Rock A Little tour. A time machine would be necessary though, as I was 4 years old in '86

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I still kick myself for going to see the Time tour in '94 instead of seeing Stevie's Street Angel tour

. I'd actually LOVE to go back and see a Street Angel show too.

Mac wise, I'd have to go see one of the LA Forum shows from '82, no doubt!

priestofnothing · #5 04-08-2010, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by mikebise

Dallas in December 1981, the second Bella Donna concert.

My first time to see Stevie was Halloween 1982, the last show of the Mirage tour (the final time Stevie's performed "Sisters of The Moon"). And I've seen all the other tours since.

So, I'd want to see "Blue Lamp" and "Think About It" and "Angel" and "Gold and Braid" and "Rhiannon" and ALL THE REST!!!!

This WAS the first time I ever saw Stevie or the Mac - it was Sunday night of Thanksgiving weekend in 1981 in Dallas. I was 15 and a sophomore in high school at the time. I had no idea how special the show would become to me over time and I can't believe I am still as obsessed with her almost 3o years later! LOL

David · #6 04-08-2010, 04:55 PM

something from November 1983, like Lakeland.

On second thought, the Garden June 29 77.

mikebise · #7 04-08-2010, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by priestofnothing

This WAS the first time I ever saw Stevie or the Mac - it was Sunday night of Thanksgiving weekend in 1981 in Dallas. I was 15 and a sophomore in high school at the time. I had no idea how special the show would become to me over time and I can't believe I am still as obsessed with her almost 3o years later! LOL

I was 16 and a Junior in High School!!!!

That Sunday night I was at a dance in Central Texas, and some people were wearing these T-shirts with doves on them and I KNEW it was Stevie!!!! Yep! They went to opening Night in Houston the night before! I was crushed to know I had just missed Stevie's first solo tour.

And I had just become obsessed with Stevie's music earlier that November........

priestofnothing · #8 04-08-2010, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by mikebise

I was 16 and a Junior in High School!!!!

That Sunday night I was at a dance in Central Texas, and some people were wearing these T-shirts with doves on them and I KNEW it was Stevie!!!! Yep! They went to opening Night in Houston the night before! I was crushed to know I had just missed Stevie's first solo tour.

And I had just become obsessed with Stevie's music earlier that November........

It was a great show! And John Stewart opened. I have to admit, I didn't know Gold & Braid or Blue Lamp at the time, and I said to myself "What the hell is she singing?" But I was pretty obsessed by the time this show rolled around.

If I had to pick a show to see, I suppose it would be Miami on the Tusk tour. I had just gotten into them at the time, I remember the tour coming to town (I was in FL then), but I was only 13 then and getting mom and dad to agree to let me go to a show would have been hard. That show was the first one I was aware of that I wished I had been able to go to. That, or I would have liked to see them in Tampa with the Eagles on the American bicentennial July 4, 1976. That would have been memorable, I'm sure! I remember I was in Tampa not long after then and Led Zeppelin was doing a show there and it was a BIG deal. I was born about 5 years too late...

Oh well, I can't really complain. I've seen every Stevie/Mac tour since 81 so I am pretty fortunate.

Meowi · #9 04-08-2010, 05:21 PM

Tusk Tour or Mirage

APerfectLie · #10 04-08-2010, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by priestofnothing

It was a great show! And John Stewart opened. I have to admit, I didn't know Gold & Braid or Blue Lamp at the time, and I said to myself "What the hell is she singing?" But I was pretty obsessed by the time this show rolled around.

If I had to pick a show to see, I suppose it would be Miami on the Tusk tour. I had just gotten into them at the time, I remember the tour coming to town (I was in FL then), but I was only 13 then and getting mom and dad to agree to let me go to a show would have been hard. That show was the first one I was aware of that I wished I had been able to go to. That, or I would have liked to see them in Tampa with the Eagles on the American bicentennial July 4, 1976. That would have been memorable, I'm sure! I remember I was in Tampa not long after then and Led Zeppelin was doing a show there and it was a BIG deal. I was born about 5 years too late...

Oh well, I can't really complain. I've seen every Stevie/Mac tour since 81 so I am pretty fortunate.

Wait wait wait, am I lost or something? Stevie did Blue Lamp live?! Does anyone have audio of this?!

mikebise · #11 04-08-2010, 05:38 PM

Stevie performed "Blue Lamp" on all of the Bella Donna concerts.

mikebise · #12 04-08-2010, 05:40 PM

Bella Donna Tour Set List ~

Gold Dust Woman
Think About It
Outside the Rain
Dreams
Angel
After the Glitter Fades
Gold And Braid
I Need to Know
Sara
Bella Donna
Blue Lamp
Leather and Lace
How Still My Love
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
Edge of Seventeen
Rhiannon

APerfectLie · #13 04-08-2010, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by mikebise

Stevie performed "Blue Lamp" on all of the Bella Donna concerts.

Haha, after some further investigation, I realized this. I must be an idiot. Ugh. How did I not know this?!

APerfectLie · #14 04-08-2010, 05:43 PM

So I guess the real question is, what is special about the one in Dallas?

mikebise · #15 04-08-2010, 05:48 PM

I've lived in Dallas for 18 years, so I would like to see this show I barely missed. The audio I've heard of it sounds better than the Houston show.

Plus, going back in time with all my Stevie knowledge, I'd be singing "Gold and Braid" and NO ONE else would know the song!!!!!